Deflector for headlights



6. F. LA PAUL.

DEFLECTOR FOR HEADLIGHTS., l 1

. PPLICATION FILED MAB. 6, i919. '1,330,481 Pawnted Feb. 10,1920.

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.DEE'LECTR HEADLIGHTS.

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Specileation oi Letters Patent.

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A Application iiled March 6, 1918. Serial No. 2559,950.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, Geenen ELA PAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Excelsior, in the countyof Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in Deiectors for Headlights; and I do hereby' deciare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

, My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple and highly eiiicient defiector for headlights vfor vehicles; and, to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several VIBVS- Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a headlight having the deflector applied thereto, withsome parts shown in differentl positions by means of brokenA lines;

Fig. 2 is a Vview principally in vertical section taken on the line 2 2 ofrFig. 1;

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Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the improved deilector removed from the..headlight; and

Fig. i is a plan vie-W of the deflect-or as shown in Fig. 3.

As to the parts of the headlight shown,

- it is important to note the casing 5, reflector 6 having an axially located socket 7 in which is mounted an electric light bulb 8, and lens 9 detachably secured to the casing 5, in axial alinement with said light bulb, by a clamping rinlO, which, in turn, is secured to said arc. The upper edge portion oi' the deflector 12 is also bent to form a retaining flange 13 adapted to be inserted between the lens 9 and upper portion of the clamping ring 10 to thereby Jfrictionally and detachably hold said deflector in position. It will be noted Athat the Hange 13 extcndsslightly more than one hundred and eighty degrees and is held against downward movement by lts engagement with the sides of the clamping ring '10.' lt will also be noted that the lower edge of the detiector 12 terminates, at its centrall portion, above the light bullo 8'. s

By the use oit' the deector 12, it is possible to use a clear lens, thus obtaining the maximum amount ofv light on the road. rlfhis deflector 12 entends. downwardly over the upper portion of the lens 9 siiiliciently to intercept .enough of the upwardly projecting direct rays, 'from the iight bulb 8, to prevent the same from interieringivith the vision of a person in an approaching vehicle.

To prevent the upwardly projecting ray from the light bulb 8, passing under the deiector 12, from interfering with the vision of a pedestrian passing in front of thehead'-` light, attach to the main. delector lf2 a depending supplemental deileotor 14..' This supplemental detieetor 14 is tapered from the lower edge of the main deiiector to the axis of the light bulb 8 and is movably secured tothe inner face or" the main deiiector y 12 by passing a pivot 15 through one of its corners. The other upper corner of the supplemental defleotor 14 loosely rests on a pin 16 secured to the main deflector 12, and

supports said supplemental deiiector in an v operative position. F or country driving., the supplemental delector le is turned into an inoperative position and is supported on Aa pin 17 also secured to said supplemental defiector, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1.

The main deflector 12 is preferably made of relatively thin sheet metal having a slight sp1-ino. To apply the improved detlectorto a Y headlight. the same is bent suiiiciently to circumiiereritially ,contract its' -flange 13,'and thereby permit .sa-irl flange to be inserted under the clampingr ring 10. Y in case the lens 9 and 'ciamping ring 10 cannot be sprung apart su'riciently to permit the flange 13 to be inserted therebetween, one or more F rom the above description, it is evident that the improved deflect'or may be very quickly applied to a headlight or removed therefrom. It is also evident, as previously stated, that the impgoved delector, while vvprotects a person in an approaching vehicle rom the strong upwardly projecting rays from the headllght. The supplemental de- `viieotor is,'0f course, not used during country vdriving, when itis not necessary to protect terminating above the axis of the light bulb,v

I destriansfrom the lare of headlights. t is'also evident that t e supplemental deeetor can'be very easily and quickly adjiusted to and from an operative position.

Wha'tI claim is 1. vThe combination with a headlightfoi` position transversely of theaxis of the lightv 2. The combination with a headlight for vehicles, of a 'main deiector for the headlight having its central loweredge portion terminating above the axis of the light bulb, al depending supplemental deflector extending below the central lower edge portion of the delector and tapered substantially to the axisof the light bulb, said supplemental delector being pivotally attached to the main deflector 'for swinging movement to and from an operative position transversely of the axis of the light bulb, and a stop for supporting' the supplemental 'delector in an vehicles, of a main defiector for the heab\` inoperative position abovel its,I lower edge v'light having its Central lower edge portion and a depending supplemental defiector ex- Ji tending below the central lower edge portion of, the defiector and tapered substantially to .the axis of the light bulb, said supplemental defiector belng attached to the main deilec- "tor for movement to andfrom an operative portion of the mai-n deflector.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. LA PAUL.

lVitnesses:4 v y i CLARA DEMARST, HARRY D. KILGORE. 

